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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

His eminence Cardinal Newman receives
very few visitors at the oratory now He is
81 years old, and is growing quite feeble. A
few privileged friends, such as the Duke of
Norfolk, Lord Emily, and some Of the "old
boys" from Oxford call when they please.
The cardinal rises every morning at s. and
after concluding his devotions returns to his
room, sweeps out the uncarpeted floor, makes
his own bed and then goes to breakfast, which
he begins with plate of porridge and jug
of hot milk, of which he is very fond. Ho
shayes himself every morning, and, like Lord
Macaulay, always manages to cut himself.
The only distinction be has over the other
fathers is that while they have but one room
he has two-a bedroom and library. He has
had for many years faithful Irish servant
named James Cusack of the Handy Andy
school, in whose wit and blunders he take:
great delight, His eminence is at present al
work on a book which is to be his last.-Chi
cago Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31


Why does a horse shy? Because he
ices something which he does not under
stand, and is filed with greater or less
degree of fear, something as the boy feels
when he shys at the burying- ground and
goes around 10 keep clear of it. 1t may
be some new or unusual object that the
horse sees, or it may be an imperfect
view of it. Even familiar object, if it
comes to view suddenly and unexpectedly
will cause a horse to shy or jump, just
Ms an unexpected object or sound causes
n nervous person to start. When per-
son is so startled, how much would it
improve the matter to be scolded at or
given a cut with a whip? Just as much
as the same treatment would in the case
of the horse, Harsllness only aggravates
the matter. The more the horse is
scolded and whipped the more nervous
he gets. and every time he passes the
place where the fright and whipping oc-
CURED he will begin to prick uphis ears,
and fidget, ready for another jump.
Give him the lines and he will go by in a
hurry. The proper way is never to strike
or scold horse that is startled or fright
ened. Speak to him coolly, calmly, and
kindly; give him time to see and collect
his scattered senses, and make him feel
that you are his friend and protector.
When he sees that all is right, there is
an end to all further trouble. We have
seen horse refuse to cross an unsafe
looking bridge, but when the driver took
him by the bits and walked ahead, the
| bnrca cnutionSlv fnllovad Naxt tima he
required no coaxing or urging to cross
the bridge. He might have been whipped
into it at first, hut was not the milder
course, although little trouble, the bet
ter one? The horse showed his conf
dence in the driver ever afterward.-Live
| Stock Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

Notwithstanding the prominence at
tanned by coca, within a comparatively
recent time, it was in fact introduced
some years ago in France, where IL has
rendered most valuable service in thera-
pautics. Professor Bouchardat considers
the coca as stimulant to the nervous
and muscular systems, and terms it also
substance depargne," or that which
prevents the rapid waste of tissue, and
thus enables the consumer to go long
time without food. The leaf contains an
essential oil, which is of an aromatic
odor coupled with the flavor of the fresh
plant; and the slightly acid and bitter
taste of the leaf is attributed to the pres
ence of tannin, and to the alkaloid-
somewhat akin to atropine-so well
known as cocaine" A pharmacist
named Balm was the first, or one of the
first, to introduce it into medicine, years
ago, in France, in the form of elixir and
wine, useful in prolonged convalescence
and in great prostration of strength.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

Gen Bouianger has just been holding a cav
airy review Of q novel kind. A score of cor
porals from the Joinville training school went
through their evoluLions before him q day or
two ago mounted on magnilicent-veloci-
pedeS The composition of the little troop
resembled that Of the regular mounted force
of the country; the hicyclists representing the
light, the tricyclists the heavy cavalry.
The minister has decided to have a certain
proportion Of the men in the infantry regi-
ments trained to the use Of the velocipcde,
the utility of these machines for the transmits
sion of orders and the interchange of COM
munications between the different divisions
of an army having been satisfactorily estab-
ished i'll practice. Their employment will,
for one thing, leave all the horses OF the force
available for the work i'll which their services
are Indispensable. The bicycle has been
found to give better results en- the whole than
the tricycle., and it is probable that some form
of the two wheeled machine will be definitely
adopted for general use.-St. James Gazette.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

A talented professor asserts that the eight
fingered gentry are continually found to
have been left banded from infancy lie has
ascertained this ia,tresting fact by walking
ahout shy uei3hi'orhoods with an assortment
OF fish hooks of al! sizes fixed in his pockets
An absent minded friend OF ours tried this
"cly faker" trap once-once only. In his for
getful way he put his hand into pocket to
draw ont his cigar case. We took him to an
excellent surgeon, who managed to get his
digits into something like shape after three
months careful treatment The bill was
moderate-only about e50.-London Judy.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

There are but two seasons, strictly
speaking, in southern California-spring
and summer. BY residents spring is
called winter: but there is nothing in
that period even family, suggestive of
winter in any other western or any east
ern state. To distinguish it from the
long dry summer, many call the period
between November and April the rainy
season. Although this characterization
is correct in n general way, yet the
amount of rain which falls in those five
or six months is never as great as that
of an ordinary spring and summer in
Illinois or any of the eastern states. In
the latter part of this period the foliage,
wild flowers and vegetables begin to
grow luxuriantly.
Winters are usually different from each
other, but summers are usually alike.
| There are few more sunny days in one
summer than another, and occasionally
a summer may come in which slight
sprinkle of rain will fall. There is no
other difference between any one sum-
mer and any other one. In winter all is
uncertainty. There may be large
amount of rain, in which case the farmer
is happy over the prospects of luxuriant
crops, or there may be little rain until
the end of the season, and Just about the
time the farmers despair is the deepest,
a long series Of showers may come,
which will quickly make him forget his
forebodings. Sometimes his spirits are
successfully raised and cast down and
raised again 10y rains in November and
December, drought in January and Feb
ruary and rain again in March and
| April l-TheodOre s. Van Dyke
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
Limitations of Medical Science.

A physician of large experience re-
marked the other day that when he be-
gan the practice of medicine he was
worried because people put so little con-
fidence in him, and now he was troubled
because they trusted his judgment SO
implicitly. He seemed to think that to
be thought infallible was far more
burdensome than to have ones falli-
bility emphasized as in his younger
days. He now recognizes the limitations
of medical science.-Boston Advertiser.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

A man in Brooklyn, whose wife died lately
leaving very young child, inquired at tho
surrogate Office as to his share of her per-
sonal estate, saying that he wanted part of
the money. "You are entitled to one-third
and the infant to two-thirds," was the reply
"WeH," the gentleman said, "thats not
enough. have lot of debts to pay' "She
mayn't have left any money" "But know
she must have money in the bank" "How do
you know that?" 81 found that out before L
married her." 1t was learned that young
dudes often visit the Office and examine the
wills of deceased persons to ascertain how
they have provided for their unmarried
daughters.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
In Love With His Sovereign.

Alfonso's widow has had to Danish from
Madrid an officer who was continually on
duty about the royal palace. He fell vio-
lently in love with his sovereign, and, making
no concealment of his passion, revealed it in
various ways. One day he made his way to
the queens boudoir, and throwing himself at
her majesty's feet poured forth his tale of
passion. The gentleman belongs to a power
ful aristocratic family. Nevertheless, he is
likely to have a warm time in the regiment
which, in consequence of his escapade, has
been ordered into virtual exile.-Foreign Let.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
MARYLANo's PET VOLCANO.
Chimney Rock, Near NTechanicstowp, Civ,
Erorfl GD,olra from NIrstnr.in,,s I,ln-,,ns

Chimney Rock, Near Nyechanicstowp, Gives
Forth Smoke from Mysterious Flames.
Some excitement was creased in Maryland
during the past week by reports that since
the earthquake of Aug. 81 volumes of smoke
had been seen issuing from crevices in the
neighborhood of Chimney rock, near Ne.
chanicstown, Nd, on the Blue Ridge range
The summit of Chimney rock is very dif
ficult to reach. 1t is enc of the steepest and
widest of the Blue Ridge chain. The sum-
NIT is 200 feet above Mechanicstown. and if
Chimney rock should ever turn into We
suvius that would be the last of the charming
village il which SO many Ba,timoreans now
find their summer home.
At the height of 1,100 feet tornado is
reached. After proceeding about fifty yards
along the plateau the progress of the tourist
is blocked by perpendicular wall Of bare
limestone known as table rock. This wall
arises from the plateau fully ESQ feet on each
side like tho ramparts of q great fortress. By
perilous climbing the top Of Chimney rock is
reached.
There are many curious ffssures in the rock
These are of an unknown depth From these
fGrures columns Of smoke have been seen to
rise from tilne to timo within tho last two
years. Landlord Miller and many others have
seen this smoke, and it was plainly definable
from the intense blue smoky haze that always
covers the Blue Ridge peaks. 1t was dense
black smoke, forming strong contrast te
the blue haze.
Mr.. Miller says that when be first noticed
the smoke coming out of the mountain, two
years ago, it seemed to start up like jet o.
high-preSsure steam, as thicl, as tho trunk o.
a big tree and with crown like the spreading
foliage of a mountain pine. The investigation
made an effort to gauge the depth of the fis
sures, but without success Many OF then
were partly filled in with timber and hug
stones, which had been cast down by inquisi
tive visitors, but wherever tie view was un
obstructed it was easy to see that ahey ex
tended far below the visible base of the tabl'
rock itself, and probably hundreds of feet int
| the depths of the mountain.
| Volcano or no volcano, it is plain that activ,
| geological changes had been at work on Chin
| ney rock within quite a recent period. Th
attention of geologists has been called to Chin
ney rock and its queer phenomena, and sine
the recent earthquake disturbances, whicl
somewhat enlarged the fisSures, tie resident
of the valley have not been little agitate,
over the idea that the top Of Chimney rocl
may prove to be crater.-Baltimore Cor
| New York journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
Has the RIucs Somc,I1ne..

II believe every man deserving the
name of a man has the blues sometimes,
said the Rev. T. w. Jeffrey on Sunday
evening. "With all the anxieties of the
present and possibilities of the future
facing him, not knowing what to dc
next, and with the pressure of labor on
his frail body, he is something more
Than a man or less than q man who
never has the blues. Toronto Globe.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

Mexico is a most prolific country. A
Greaser who died the other day was followed
to the grave by eighty-seven living children.
Thirteen others had preceded him to the silent
land. Families as large as this are perhaps
uncommon, but it is said it is not unusual for
Mexican TO be the father of forty or fifty
children. 1t seems almost providential that
the United States has escaped war with Mex
leo. What could our army avail against q
few such families?-Chicago Tribune
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

No more curious nlenento of Beecher ex-
lists than that ovncd by Edison, the inventor
Of the phonograph. That instrument for i'm
pressing on a soft metal sheet the utterances
Of tho human voice, and then emitting it
again by the turning of a crank, could never
be put to any very valuable use, and Edison
has only gained from it few thousand dol
lars in royalties frcm exhibitors But he
utilized it to make collection of famous
voices Since he became famous MS visitors
have included hundreds of celebrities In
stead of asking them for their autographs or
photographs he has in two or three hundred
instances requested them to speak a few
sentences into a pLonograph. He has kept
the plates in a cabinet. and occasionally he
runs some Of them through the machine,
which sends out the words exactly as uttered.
Edison is probably the only man who can re-
Vive the silencei voice of the great preacher.
New York Cor Chicago Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

w. H. Greenhalgh, of Aspinwall, is in
Philadelphia, and says concerning tie Pan
anna canal: 4 went over the route of the
canal two weeks ago, and [ found IL. dc
LessepS' hopes OF completing the work in
three years not only improbable but impos-
sble. He says in the Interview that in three
years vessels will be able to pass through the
canal as easily as they now go through the
Suez canal The truth of the matter is that
only fifteen miles OF the canal have been cut
out. Thirty miles st:u remain, part of which
is hill and mile OF which is OF solid rock.
They have already spent $500, 900 on it.
and the work at present Is almost at a stand
stil."-Cbicago Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

-Four little children, the eldest but II years
old, were gathering hazel nuts the other day
near Atlanta, when their pet terrier began
swapping at them. The eldest, girl, at once
concluded that the dog was mad, and, at the
risk of her life, grabbed the animal by the
neck and held it until her brother got a rope
made slip knot threw it over the dogs
head, and fastened it to tree. Then The
little girl threw the dog from her and ran
The terrier proved to have genuine case OF
hydrophobia York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

At recent masquerade i'll Portland, Ore. =,
number OF the masbers, who had attracted
attention from their dress and antics which
were those of the Salvation Army, formed a
circle in the middle of the fcor, and then q
tall, athletic young man, who personated
Satan, burst into the ring anG tried to break
it up. The Army rose as a man, throttled
Satan, threw him down and wiped the floor
with him New York sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
His First Ease of Homesickness.

A young boy who recently left his
home to attend preparatory school il
not much taken with the change. lie is
suffering his first case of homesickness,
and naturally desires to return TO his
home. In making known his desire to
his fatker Ia recent letter he said:
Dear father: Life is very Short let us
spend it together. Your affectionate
son. ."-Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
Racing at Funerals.

There were four funerals crossing Broad
way Sunday afternoon at the same time-one
at Thirty-fourth street, one at Thirty-fifth,
one at Thirty-sixth, and tho other at Thirty
seventh street-and they were all going to the
Thirty-fourth street ferry. The rule at the
ferry is, First come, first over" There was
race to the ferry, and it seemed as if the
Thirty fourth street funeral would get there
first. 1t wasn't very nice, of course, but the
ones in the first vehicles didn't complaint
New York Graphic
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

The more / see of England and the
English the more am persuaded of the
irreconcilable difference between us and
them, and the more odious seem to me
the affectation and imitation Of Angh
cism by the American. who, having got u
glimpse of the nobility, would straight
way get himself Henry
Watterson in Courier-Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
Her Opinion of the Hippopotamus

A farmers wife living up among the
New England hills had a longing all her
life to see a hippopotamus. A circus
and managerie visited q neighboring
town, and she harnessed up her old
horse and eagerly logged over the rough
roads. When ske stood in front of the
cage where the huge beast was confined
all she said was, My! amt he plain "
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
The Pork Packers Porter.

Two or three years ago Phil Armour saw a
negro porter in palace car industriously try
ing to spell out words in q well -thumbej
reader whenever he had a moments leisure
He became interested in the boy, and offered
him S25 if he'd read six lines before the train
reached his destination. The porter, by hard
work, earned the money, and now he is a
student in Oberlin college, sent there by the
generous Chicago packer. He is very black
and very ambitious. York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

Western Editor Ito reporter)-In your
account of the fire last night, you refer
to it as "big fire."
Repopter-Yes, sir.
Western Editor-We will change it to
disastrous confagration." There is a
demand in Illinois for that kind of Ian
guage and we've got to cater to it.-New
York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

The electric light, which was introduced
sorne time back into several of the state de-
partments at Windsor CASTLE has now been
extended into the residential portion, and the
grand corridor, the three drawing rooms (the
white, the green and the CRIMSON, the great
dining room and the oak room arc all fitted
with ls--Chicago Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

The proposed great tower for the exhibition
of 1889 in Paris is not favored by French au-
tbors and artists. As it is to be twice as high
as the tower Of Rouen cathedral, they say it
win overlook the city like black factory
chimney. 1t viii dwarf everything, while it
will compel all eyes to gaze npon it. "a
hateful column of bolted sheet ironn will hu-
initiate the finest monument OF Paris These
and many other equally strong characteriza-
tions aIe made in protest sigred by the most
distinguished literary men of France.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
New Zea,and,s Edible Mud.

One of these mud volcanoes-Te Huka-
spews forth n very plastic and fine paste,
which the natives eat and enjoy. 1t
tastes like -four paste very slightly sweet
ened. | did not like it at all, and
doubt if it is fattening. We were
quite hungry, but this edible mud did
not tempt US, and we moved ON 20 the
margin of Lake Rotomahana, where
lunch was awaiting us. The Maoris had
cooked potatoes and fresh water crabfish
for us in the stream of the boiling spring,
covering the opening with cross sticks,
placing the potatoes, etc, on these and
covering the whole with grass, which
sufficiently confines the steam. / sat
down on a fiat stone, and, enjoying my
lunch and the surroundings, gave myself
up to the quiet pleasure of the occasion,
when felt an increasing warmth where
was sitting, and suddenly had TO spring
from my seat, an unexpected burst of
steam from under the rock giving me
the hint to leave.-New Zealand Letter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

There is no patch of the moons visible
gurface half mile square that is not ac-
curately mapped, according to Professor
Young, while the earth contains immense
tracts, in central Africa, which have
never been SURVEYED.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

German .counterfeiters do not disdain
small profits. Pfennig pieces made OF
bronze pastboard have recently made
their appearance.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31
They Want the CanitoI.

Minneapolis, Mimi, is making a great eff
fort to secure the location Of the state capitol
there. Twenty acres of land and a s., ,00O, 900
capitol building are offered as an induce
ment to the state to make it the seat of gov
ernment.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

Pearls in Russia aro considered as
gems of bad luck and are never worn by
superstitious brides.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

The tomb of Mordecai and Queen
Esther is still visited by Hebrew pill
grins, and is well preserved in the GEN.
ter of the town of Hamadan, in Persia.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

A Michigan doctor has invented an in
strument for the TRANSMISSION of blood
which overcomes all clotting.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-31

The Government TaxidermiStS Buffalo.
Mr.. Hornaday, the government taxider-
mist, has herd of queer looking buffaloes in
his studio in the old armory building devoted
to the fish commission. They are the hulks
or insides on which the hides are to be
stretched. Mr.. Hornaday does not use the
skeletons of the animals in mounting them,
but makes up wooden ones The whole herd,
when done, will be mounted in the National
museum, and the poor, old, moth eaten efiigies
now on exhibition VIII be burned. As soon
as Mr.. HOrnaday finishes the bull buffalo, on
which he will expend the greatest pains, it
will be placed out in the Smithsonian grounds,
where earth and background will resemble as
much as possible the animals native plains,
and the taxidermist, rigge1 up in cowboy hat,
!eggings and hunting Shirt, mounted on his
broncho, cinched and loaded exactly as he
was in Montana, viii go through the panto-
mime of shooting the old beast again. During
the performance several instantaneous photo
graphs of the piece viii be taken. This bull
is the finest buffalo Mr. Hornaday secured
while out on his official hunt He was the
last one seen, and his captor rode up along
side and had opportunity to study the noble
animal for several minutes before shooting
him. MI. Hornaday even dismounted and
sketched the old fellow This has been OF
great advantage III stufing and mounting
! him.-W ashington Cor. New York Sun.